78 participants joined the Prime Minister’s Council Mission, led by Beth Goldsmith (Baltimore) and Harold Gernsbacher (Dallas) in collaboration with JUF/Chicago. Participants pledged more than $5.3 million to the Annual Campaign, a 14.7% card-for-card increase from 2015, plus $25,000 in su…
Federations express disappointment in UNESCO’s draft resolution that would strip the Jewish people of their connection to the Western Wall; UNESCO has since dropped the clause in the draft after it was condemned by the Israeli government and Jews worldwide.
GA15: Investment Lunch featuring former Congressman Barney Frank will spotlight the 5th anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Act, which affected financial regulations and has deep implications on how to best steward the $16 billion in Federation and foundation endowments and assets. Register now f…
Tomorrow the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will consider adopting a resolution that would change the status-quo of the Temple Mount and declare the Western Wall a part of the al-Aksa Mosque compound.
Jewish Federations are bitterly disappointed th…
Missions to Israel continue despite recent violence, with not a single participant deterred. This weekend, 21 Federation groups—including a new Fisher FLIGHT cohort and inaugural missions from El Paso, Virginia Peninsula and Northeastern Pennsylvania—were on the ground to show solidarity.
